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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
Tho sharon-Hjn ca.

SAN FRANcIsco, November 2.-Notice was
gwen IN the United States circuit court to-
day that an appeal would be taken In the
weu-known Sharon-Hill case, in which
Sharon sued Sarah Althea to have the man
aging control declared void. The decision
was originally rendered In favor of the
plaintiff. Judge Sawyer entered in favor Of
allowing an appeal to the United States
supreme court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
Kansas City's Pride.

KANSAS CITY, November LA dog fight
for $500 side took place tonight across
the line in Kansas, between Paddy, Of this
city, and Modoc, of Leavenworth. After
fighting one hour and thirty-one minutes
the Kansas City dog was declared the win
ner. Modoc is said to have weighed nearly
two pounds less than Paddy.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
The Fidelity Bank.

CINCINNATI. November 5.Judge. Jack
sons illness continues, and therefore Judge
Sage, of the United States court, has de-
termined to 60 on with the preliminaries
of the trial of indictments found in connec-
ton with the Fidelity bank failure. One
hundred names of jurors have been drawn
and fifty have been summoned, The motion
on behalf of BENJAMIN Hopkins to put his
that the government should, through the
district attorney, arrange the order Of
trials
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
Kansas City Live Stock Market.
KANSAS CRY, November 8. l8S
The Live Stock Indicator reports:

The Live Stock Indicator reports:
CATILE-Receipts, 2,29 head: shipmsnts
2.52S Choice fat strong and 5@lOc higher. Good
to choice, = 20 Is: common TO melium, s. 80
I 10; .tockers % 062 so feeding steers. q 65@
e. SO.
Receipts, a9ls head: shipmsnts. ~
head: Market WAS 1trooeer and se hiehsr.
- 0e6 I. IS skips and piss, e 7s0e q.
=. HHEEP- RecefptG 6,J06< hssns ahipmentp, ~
head. Markee ,Nas dnlk Gon&to ehoioe. - -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
FIRE RECORD,
At New York,

New YORK, November 5.-Twenty-fve
horses were burned to death in Edward
Riley's livery stable at 1:30 this morning,
number of private carriages were also
burned. Total loss, $4,000, partially in
sured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
A Sensational Elopement.

NEWTON, Kan, November Mrs. Git
ford, the rather good-looking wife OF David
eloped Saturday night with G. w. Howard.
her husbands brakeman. They took hack
and drove to Peabody. The husband, who
was at Wellington, was wired to and caught
up with the party. After taking few val
uables, which his wife had forgotten to
leave, he bid his faithless spouse and her
worthless paramour God speed and returned
home.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
At IndiananoIis.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, November 5.-Early
this morning Tucker & Dorsey's manufac-
tory caught fire and in an hour and one
half was entirely destroyed. The loss is es.
timated at from S35, 000to $40, 900; insurance
jured.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
COUNTY SEAT FIGHT.
The County Seat OF Gray County, Kansnl
II Bitterly Contested.

II Bitterly Contested.
Kansas CIr1, November k-Gray county,
Kansas, is wildly excited over the recent
election for change of county seat. As be-
tween Ingalls, and Cimarron the latest fig
ures are: Ingalls, 796, Cimarron 562. Charges
of ballot box stufing are freely made. The
ballot boxes have been removed to the upper
story of the Cimarron bank, and armed men
are guarding them. The building is barri-
caded with bales of hay, and ladders have
been laid side by side ON the stairway to
prevent access to the boxes. An armed par
ty of Ingalls, sympathizers has arrived at
Cimarron and serious trouble is feared.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12
Refnstated,

LAwRENcE, Kas., November 7.-Dr. Alb
ielal, who was removed some weeks ago
from his Office as member of the examining
board of surgeons, has been reinstated By
the commissioner of pensions. The charges
have been investigated by the United States
grand jury at Leavenworth and found to Be
without any foundation.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-11-12

Uuited States custom-nouse officials col
lect a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on
Canadian hay, while the shippers contend
that it should be only 10 per cent according
matter has been referred TO the Dominion
government with the request that 1t be
brought before the fisheries commission.
Green county criminal court opened at
Springfield, Mis- souri,, Monday. Cora E.
Lees case is among those set for trial at
this term.
1t is thought that the prohibitionists will
secure q victory in the election at Fargo,
Dakota, because the vote of the city promises
to be overbalanced by thas of the sur
rounding country and of the adjacent small
towns.
The Iowa Soldiers home win be open for
inmates on December LIST.
Something of a sensation was created at
Beloit, Wisconsin, by. the announcement
that Miss Nina Allen, young lady of excel
lent social standing in the city, had Joined
the Salvation Army.
Tue stockholders of the Third National
bank of st. Paul have voted to 60 into vol
untary liquidation.
A carrier-pigeon service is to be estab-
ished between Key West and the Bahama
islands by the signal-service department for
the benefit of shipping interests.
Congressman Bland, of Missouri, Is in
favor OF government telegraph, and he
thinks the matter will receive much atten-
,ion from congress this winter.
Scott Ray and Charles simns, Who are
euspected of being the murdefers Of frank
Ham, have been lodged in the jail ct Pitts
butHh. -,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
POLITICAL.

John G.. Carlisle presided over the
Kentucky Democratic Convention at Louis
vile. The platform, jointly evolved by
himself and Editor Watterson, protests
confidence in the %integrity and consci-
entious devotion 20 duty of President
Cleveland" but gives his civil-service policy
slap; is non-committal on the silver question,
denounces @sumptuary" legislation, and de-
mands an Immediate reduction of the war
tariff" Gen. Buckner was nominated for
Governor
The President has approved the
amendments to the rules for the regulation
and improvement of the executive civil SER
vice proposed by the Civil-Service Commits
sion. The principal change is in rule 6,
clause g which, as amended, gives the
Commission power TO make regulations under
which examinations for promotion in any
classified department. postoffice, or customs
Office must be made And in any classified
department, customs Office or postoffice in
which promotions are made under such ex-
aminations, the Commission may, in special
cases, if the exigencies Of the service require
such action, provide non-competitive examina-
tons for promotion. In their letter transmit
ting the new rules the commissioners say that
all the evils resulting from the promotion
system in vogue when the civil-service law
was enacted continue to exist except in the
New York customs district
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
Sheep In the Early Days.

she calleth his own sheep by name
and leadeth them out. And when he
putteth forth from the fold his own
sheep, he goeth before them and the
sheep follow him; for they know his
voice. And stranger they will not
follow, but will flee from him,
for they know not the voice of stran-
s."-John x. 3-5.
In reference to this passage of Scrip
ture, John Hartley, in his Researches
in Greece and the Levant," says: IL
asked my man if It'll usual in Greece to
give names to sheep. He informed me
that it was, and that the sheep obeyed
the shepherd when he called them by
their names.
had an opportunity OF verifying the
truth of this remark. Passing by a
flock of sheep, l asked the shepherd
the same question which 1 put to my
servant, and he gave me the same an
swer. / then babe him call one of his
sheep. He did so, and it instantly left
its pasturage and companions and ran
up to the hand of the shepherd, with
signs of pleasure and with that prompt
obedience which have never before
observed in any other animal. 1t is
also true of the sheep in this country,
that a stranger thoy will not follow,
but will flee from him, for they know
not the voice of strangers. '"-Er-
chduQe.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
SOUTHERN.

Fire at Louisville, Ky, destroyed
Brown, johnson x Co.'S warehouse, Strater
Bros elevator, sixteen loaded l. N. freight
cars, two-story dwelling, cottage, and two
stables. The total loss is about $3.50, 600
Birmingham (Ala.) dispatch: "Men
working on the Good Water extension Of the
Georgia Central Railroad brings news of e
frightful accident on that road in the Coosa
Tunnel One white man and seventeen ne
groes were at work in the tunnel when tho
blast prematurely exploded with terrific force.
Twelve out of the eighteen men were instantly
killed The white man escaped death"
In ashooting affray at Jackson, Miss,
Colonel Jones S. Hamilton, lessee of the peni-
tentiary, killed r. d. Gambrel, and was him
self mortally wounded
The yearly drive of Texas cattle into
the Indian Territory aggregates 1856 head.
BY the accidental discharge of gun
at Wilmington, N G., four negro boys were
killed, and fifth badly wounded
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
FOREIGN.

William O'Brien, the pugnacious ed
itor Of United Ireland, has started from
Queenstown for Canada, where he proposes
to make things interesting for Lord Lans-
downe
M. Schnaebels is to retire on q pen
sion
1t is officially stated that Germany
has no intention OF declaring state OF siege
in AIsace- Lorraine
The Pope will shortly send out an
encyclical letter on the land question in which,
IL is said, no will unreservediy denounce the
theories OF Henry George
Tidings of Secretary Manning's con-
tnued improvement In health como from
Bournemouth, England
Mr.. Parnell has selected William
O'Brien as the Home Rule candidate for North
east Cork
In the suit tried in London in which
st John Brenop asked R95.0O0 damages Of
William Ridgeway, publisher, for libel in 40
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
A Lively Bullock Race.

Jeypofe is a typical Hindoo city in
almost every respect. The Raiah is a
Hindoo, and the great mass of the peo-
pie are Hindoos, writes correspond
emit. No foreigners live or do business
within the city walls. The city gates
are closed at 8 o'clock at night, and no
one can either leave or enter it after IL
o'clock without permit from the Ra-
jah. AS we drove a ong we were par
ticularly struck by the great number
of white bulls in the street and one on
the sidewalk. These bulls are so cared
for and petted as to be as mildmanner-
ed as cows.
1t was on this street that we first
saw trotting bulocks. They are white
in color, of large size and with immense
curved horns, which arc generally
painted deep green. 1t is curious
sight to see them as they trot along al
a ght respectable gait, the driver,
bare-armed and bare-legged, handling
the reins with as much care as though
he was driving Maud S.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

The cholera epidemic in Chill is re-
ported to be abating, and 1T is pred ctel that
it will entirely disappear within fortnight
The victims in Santiago dc Chill alone num-
Der nearly 1900 The health OF Lima and
Callao is excellent but poverty is increasing
throughout Peru, and suicides are becoming
alarmingly frequent
A dispatch from Nanaimo, in British
Columbia, says that "a terrible explosion Of
gas took place in No. | shaft OF the Vancouver
Coal Company's mine in which there were
upward of one hundred and fifty miners at
the time. The first intimation those on the
surface had of the explosion was a terrible
shock, followed by an outburst OF thick, black
smoke through the air-shaft This was quick
ly followed by a second shock stronger than
the first, carrying pieces of wood, miners
lamps, etc., hundreds of feet into the air.
In a few minutes flames commenced
to issue through the air-shaft with loud,
roaring noise, setting fire to the fan house,
which was quickly consumed The first res
cuing parties, after getting out fifteen mon
and a number of bodies, were themsolvo,
overcome by after damp aud had to be rescued
by others. The probability is that all the i'm
prisoned miners, who number about one hun
dred and twenty, will perish OF suffocat on"
There is said to be good deal of
anxiety at Montreal lest The President issue a
proclamation OF non-intercourse with Canada
prominent lumber merchant is quoted as
saying that such action would bankrupt Can
ada in six months
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12

cusIng The plaintiff Of being FeniAn and .
former ally OF the Invincibles, s<he jury
awarded $500 damages.
. As precaution against spies, Cen
erAl Boulanger has ordered that tradesmen
shall DO excluded from French forts, except
whom accompanied by French soldiers.
The French temperament is curious
ly illustrated by the hubbub that has been
raised over the production Of Wagner's opera
OF 2Lohengrin" in Paris The Paris papers
very sensibly condemn the popular opposition
TO tbs opera, and say IL Is absurd 10 confound
art with patriotism. II is announced that the
Government will suppress the performance Of
1Lohcngrinp IL ii continues 10 be attended by
nsi-Gorman demonstrations.
1t is rumored that the Paris EXPOSE
ton, announced for next year. will be post
poned until 1897, in order to dis soc:ate il from
revolutionary memories.
The anti G erman feeling is running
high at Paris Threatening demonstrations
take place daily. and the situation appears to
be critical The performances OF Wagner's
operas at the Eden Theater have been sus-
pended
The London Standard, Conserva-
tive, condemns the course of the Government
as TO the Times and its attacks on Mr.. Dillon
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
saved nj the Altar.

The beautiful young girl had plighted
her love, and was at the altar ready to
give her heart and hand to the man
who would have destroyed her very
life. The moment when she is to say
those, to her, fatal words is fast APP
preaching, when fate steps in and saves
her.
Without doubt the most thrilling
story of the times is "Cross Purposes
or, Saved at the Altar" by George w.
Ogilvie, soon to appear in the Chi
cage LCdg 2. Persons desiring the
first installments of this story should
subscribe now. Remember, sample
copies can be secured free of cost, by
sending your address to the Office
Address Chicago Ledger, 271 Frank
lin street, Chicago, Ill.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
WESTERN.

The Willard House at Brainerd,
Mimi, was destroyed by fire the guests mar
rowly escaping with their lives. Loss,
$4,000
A terrific wind-storm swept the up
per Michigan peninsula on the 4th inst, com
pletely prostrating telegraph and telephone
wires, and doing great damage. AT Ish-
peming, Houghton, Negaunee, Escanaba, and
all through from Fort Hammond TO Akron
River, and from Norway 10 Sault Ste
Marie, telegraphic communication was
entirely destroyed Many buildings were un-
rooted, chimneys demolished, aud railroad
travel was badly interrupted by fallen trees
Men in the woods were terribly frightened
At Norway, John Goldman was killed by fall
ing tree. At Quinnesec the Masonic Hall and
firemen's building were demolished AT Iron
Mountain great damage was done TO houses
The earthquake in Arizona and New Mex
leo was more severe and widespread
than first reports indicated The shocks
were particularly violent IN Southern Arizona.
At Tucson, Benson, and other places, build
ings we're cracked and glass broken, and at
Nogales many structures were wrecked, but
no loss OF lllo 10 TopoIVou. 'OAO"hoOo A"'0
broken out in the Winchester, Milestone, and
San Jose Mountains Guaymas, Mexico, was
also shaken, the highest cliff Of Chivato Noun
tain falling, and portion Of Cape Haro, at
the entrance of Guaymas Bay fell into the
Gulf
Three mills, chair factory, an ele-
vator, and a hotel at Elk River, Minnesota,
we're destroyed by fire. Loss, ss5,0Oo
w. g. De Paw, the wealthy glass
manufactures of New Albany, Ind, died last
week at the Palmer House. in Chicago. He
was stricken with apoplexy while waiting for
train in the Louisville, New Al
blny & Chicago Depot Mr. De Paw
was born in Salem, Washington County,
Indiana, in 1921. When quite young
he entered into the banking business under
the free-banking law of Indiana in 1854 In
1861 he removed to New Albany, and during
the war he was ono of the largest army con-
tractors in the country He was the owner OF
the immense plate-glass mandatory at New
Albany in which 81, 900 900 is invested He
was man of unbounded charity, and his do
nations to the Methodist Church during the
last thirty years will aggregate $1,000, OO0
His will provides for donation to the De
Pauw University, at Greencastle, of $1,000,
600, he having endowed that institution with
S300, 600 several years ago.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
REGULATING THE RAILROADS

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion met at Memphis on the 4th inst, and we're
occupied all day hearing testimony on behalf
Of the Louisville and Nashville and Nashville
and Chattanooga Railroads. and points trav-
ersed by those roads. The evidence ELECTED
was not OF q character TO raise the conviction
in the minds Of those who followed IL closely
that good case had been made out in favor
Of the suspension Of the long and
short haul clause. The Commissioners
cross-examined witnesses closely and
in nearly every case drew from
them admissions that weakened the force OF
their Testimony. One Nashville witness dis
closed the fact that the Louisville and Nash
vile Road allowed Nashville -four mills a
rate that enabled them to buy wheat at De-
troit take IL 10 Nashville, convert IL into -four,
and deliver il at points Of consumption as
cheaply as II il had been made into -four at
Detroit in the first place without paying trib-
ute TO Nashville mills
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion concluded its two diys' labors at Mem
phis, after hearing evidence from merchants
Of Memphis, Louisville, Lexington, Little
Book, and Newport Ark, 10 the effect that
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
Agony Is COurted

BY persons who, attacked by q mild form Of
rheumatism, neglect to seek prompt relief.
Subsequent torture is prevented by an immodi-
ate resort to Hostctters Stomach Bitters. Slight
exposure, an occasional draught, will beget this
painful malady. whore there is a pre- disposition
TO it in tho blood It ia not difficult to anost
tho trouble at tho outset. but well nigh impos-
sible to eradicate it whom matured. No evil
dence in relation to this superb blood depurcnt
is moro positive than that which establishes ita
efficacy as preventive and remedy for rhcu-
matism. Not only is it thorough. but safo,
which the vegetable and IMMORAL poisons, often
taken as curatives OF tho disease, are not. Be-
sides cxpelling the rheumatic virus from the
system, IL overcomes fever and ague, bilious
ness, constipation, and dyspepsia.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
NEWS CONDENSED.
Concise Record of the Week


Continuous rains In portions OF
Maine and New Hampshire have resulted in
disastrous floods.
Miss Alice Cobb committed suicide
at Portland, Ma, aud left s,note stating that
her father was. tho cause Of IL and that her
spirit would haunt him as long as he lived.
While drunk at Nicholville. N. Y,
Charles Morrow shot his wife and then sent a
bullet through his head, surviving his victim
a few hours.
A. Nine railway employees were injured
and go 600 worth OF property destroyed by
the explosion OF a locomotive boiler in round
house at New Haven, Conn
Peter Smith was hanged in the yard
of the Tombs Prison, New York, for murder
ing Waterman John Harmon on the night of
} April 2, 1885
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12

tho enforcement OF Section would be dIsss-
trous 10 the commerce and industries Of the
points named The Louisville and Nashville
the Nashville, Chattanooga and 81 Louis. and
the Chesapeake. Ohio and Southwestern Rail
roads were granted two weeks time 10 file ar
guments and statistical information In sup
port OF their petition for the permanent sus-
pension Of Section 4 Representatives OF the
river interests we're also given leave 10 present
their case in writing
United States Consuls in Canada
report that the interstate commerce law is
operating disastrously to the export and inn
port trade in that country, and that our trade
interests in that quarter are threatened with
serious consequences
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
Kin.l Friends.

Friend -"I have brought You few
slices of ham,"
Poor Neighbor-"Ah! How kind
you are."
Don't mention il. It is really a
pleasure for me to show you any little
attention."
"Well, appreciate your kindness. 1
con assure you of that" .
"As / said before, l am only too glad
to be able to accommodate you. The
slices are cut from ham that was
given us. BY the way, if you discover
any symptoms of trichin@ in your
family, after you have tried the ham,
You will let us know, please. We are
not going to eat of it until we hear
from you. "-Terds S;ftinQs.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
sAILRoAD INTELLIGENCE.

J. F. Goddard has been promoted to
the management of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad and all its branches, vice
c. w. Smith. resigned
Jay Gould is said to have purchased
100 acres of land at St Louis, on which the
machine shops of the Missouri Pacific and
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroads are to
be erected.
A number of new railroad enter
prises, to be carried out by American capital,
are projected in Mexico.
The annual report of the Michigan
Central Railroad gives the following statement
80 A., .,oo -, h,a;naso.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-05-12
Work a, Well as Honor.

A Concord gentleman relates the fol-
lowing interesting anecdote: During
the war of the rebellion, while was in
charge of telegraphing in Boston, 1
went to Gov. Andrews house about
midnight one night with an important
message. To my statement of my err
rand the Governors good wife an
swered: You will always find the
Governor at his Office in the State
House until two in the morning. And
we always did. Con ord On H.
Monitor.